Does the sale of farm land have to be registered at the "Land Register Office?

[Pilatus]

As above, whether bought with a mortgage or cash.

 

[Exfarmer]

simple answer , yes. Land sales have to be registered I think with HMRC it has to go through a solicitor and you will also need to show where you got the money from to purchase if it is over £10K

 

[David.]

Compulsory registration at Land Registry now. Wasnt so as late as 1980s

 

[Spencer]

How long after the sale does it take to show?

 

[Still Farming]

How long after the sale does it take to show?

Good question that?
Why do some not show?or if bought for development don't show sale Value???

 

[ISCO]

How long after the sale does it take to show?

Depends to some extent on how quickly solicitor registers transfer. If sale is transfer of whole title number then registration can be done in days. If land unregistered or transfer of part title then registration can be 6 months plus.

 

[ISCO]

Good question that?
Why do some not show?or if bought for development don't show sale Value???

Ive not seen title document that does not show price after about year 2000. Needs very very good reason for LR to not record price.

 

[ISCO]

As above, whether bought with a mortgage or cash.

Yes must be registered. If not you will have problems selling or mortgaging.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Ive not seen title document that does not show price after about year 2000. Needs very very good reason for LR to not record price.

Interesting, so can anyone just look this information up? Reason I ask is all the land we’ve bought has been private treaty so theoretically no one other than those involved In the transaction should know what we’ve paid.

 

[Still Farming]

Interesting, so can anyone just look this information up? Reason I ask is all the land we’ve bought has been private treaty so theoretically no one other than those involved In the transaction should know what we’ve paid.

That's sale method not land registry procedures .
Anyone can go online pay a fee to search the registers and all is revealed

 

[TheTallGuy]

That's private sale business not land registry business.
Anyone can go online pay a fee to search the registers and all is revealed

Doesn't matter if it is a private sale or not - land is required to be registered upon transfer of ownership, agricultural land should be also be registered with the Rural Land Registry.

 

[Still Farming]

Doesn't matter if it is a private sale or not - land is required to be registered upon transfer of ownership, agricultural land should be also be registered with the Rural Land Registry.

Yes I know that.
I was replying to chap that thought because he sold land as a private treaty everything there after he thought, ie Land registry details would be private also?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Doesn't matter if it is a private sale or not - land is required to be registered upon transfer of ownership, agricultural land should be also be registered with the Rural Land Registry.

Yes, I understand that land is required to be registered wether sold privately or not, what I was wondering is does the purchase price get recorded and can that be looked up by anyone?

 

[Still Farming]

Yes, I understand that land is required to be registered wether sold privately or not, what I was wondering is does the purchase price get recorded and can that be looked up by anyone?

Yes

https://eservices.landregistry.gov.uk/eservices/FindAProperty/view/QuickEnquiryInit.do?_ga=2.236366977.1602637109.1575150491-1800668755.1575150491

 

[Tarw Coch]

Yes I know that.
I was replying to chap that thought because he sold land as a private treaty everything there after he thought, ie Land registry details would be private also?

Think you were replying to me. I was asking if the purchase price would be something that could be looked up by anyone .

 

[Highland Mule]

Think you were replying to me. I was asking if the purchase price would be something that could be looked up by anyone .

Try it yourself - have a search on the register against the postcode of something you’ve bought.

 

[Still Farming]

Think you were replying to me. I was asking if the purchase price would be something that could be looked up by anyone .

As above

 

[Tarw Coch]

Try it yourself - have a search on the register against the postcode of something you’ve bought.

Just tried on the link posted above, cant see any details without paying £3,

 

[Pilatus]

Just tried on the link posted above, cant see any details without paying £3,

I think the fee is there to deter nosy Parker’s like me looking up who has bought x’s farm and how much they got for it, quite rightly so, but hey what is £3 pounds these days.
From what I can see one has to pay £20 plus to find out much information.

 

[Highland Mule]

Just tried on the link posted above, cant see any details without paying £3,

Ah, in Scotland we get:

Home - ScotLIS - Registers of Scotland

scotlis.ros.gov.uk

And can do a search by map to get costs for free.